2021–22 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team

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2021–22 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball
Wyoming Athletics logo.svg
ConferenceMountain West Conference
2021–22 record17–12 (11–6 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaArena-Auditorium
Seasons
← 2020–21
 →
2021–22 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
UNLV † 15 – 3   .833 26 – 7   .788
14 – 4   .778 26 – 9   .743
Wyoming 11 – 6   .647 17 – 12   .586
11 – 6   .647 20 – 13   .606
11 – 7   .611 19 – 14   .576
9 – 9   .500 21 – 12   .636
8 – 10   .444 15 – 16   .484
7 – 10   .412 11 – 18   .379
5 – 13   .278 11 – 19   .367
4 – 13   .235 8 – 21   .276
2 – 16   .111 5 – 25   .167
† 2022 MW Tournament winner
As of March 20, 2022; 

The 2021–22 Wyoming Cowgirls basketball team represents the University of Wyoming in the 2021–22 college basketball season. The Cowgirls are lead by head coach Gerald Mattinson, in his third season. The Cowgirls play their home games at the Arena-Auditorium and are members of the Mountain West Conference.

Previous season[]

The Cowgirls finished the 2020–21 season 14–10, 8–8 in Mountain West play to finish in seventh place in the conference. They defeated ,[1] ,[2] ,[3] and to win the , the first in program history.[4] The Cowgirls lost to UCLA in the Round of 64 of the NCAA Tournament.[5]

Offseason[]

Departures[]

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure
Jaye Johnson 5 F 5'10" Sr. Casper, WY Graduated
Dagný Lísa Davíðsdóttir 33 F 6'1" Sr. Hveragerði, ISL Graduated

Arrivals[]

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous School
Emily Mellema 2 G 5'11" Fr. Lynden, WA Lynden Christian HS
Tess Barnes 5 F 6'2" Fr. Gisborne, AUS Maribyrnong College
Allyson Fertig 45 C 6'4" Fr. Glendo, WY Douglas HS

Wyoming was selected to finish fifth in the Mountain West preseason poll, and no Cowgirls were selected to the preseason all-conference team.[6]

Roster[]

2021–22 Wyoming Cowgirls women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Emily Mellema 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Lynden Christian HS Lynden, WA
F 4 Grace Ellis 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So St Peters Lutheran College Brisbane,AUS
G/F 5 Tess Barnes 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Maribyrnong College Gisborne, AUS
F 10 Paula Salazar 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Institute Vilanova del Valles Barcelona, ESP
G 11 Alba Sanchez Ramos 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Colegio Torreyilano Madrid, ESP
G 12 McKinley Bradshaw 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Lyman HS Lyman, WY
G 14 Quinn Weidemann 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Westside HS Omaha, NE
F 15 Marta Savic 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Sport Gymnasium Zagreb, CRO
G 21 Landri Hudson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Grandview HS Aurora, CO
G/F 23 Lexi Bull 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Century HS Pocatello, ID
G 24 Tommi Olson 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Highlands Ranch HS Worland, WY
G 30 Ola Ustowska 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So SMS PZKosz Lomianki Kartuzy, POL
C 45 Allyson Fertig 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Douglas HS Glendo, WY
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: November 8, 2021

Statistics[]

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3FG% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Tess Barnes 19 0 8.7 .186 .200 1.000 1.9 .8 .2 .3 1.3
McKinley Brandshaw 28 28 31.8 .393 .333 .758 5.5 1.4 .9 .2 15.0
Lexi Bull 9 0 3.7 .091 .000 .500 1.6 .3 .0 .2 .3
Grace Ellis 29 8 19.3 .384 .174 .850 3.5 .7 .3 .1 5.7
Allyson Fertig 29 22 20.2 .508 .000 .632 8.6 .2 .3 .9 10.3
Landri Hudson 9 0 2.6 .400 .000 1.000 .6 .2 .3 .0 .6
Emily Mellema 29 0 15.2 .360 .262 .730 1.2 1.2 .4 .1 3.8
Tommi Olson 29 29 32.0 .322 .299 .769 4.6 3.3 1.5 .0 4.4
Paula Salazar 24 0 9.9 .456 .200 .714 2.0 .3 .1 .4 4.0
Alba Sanchez Ramos 28 28 29.2 .354 .316 .771 6.4 2.8 .7 .3 7.5
Ola Ustowska 13 1 17.2 .450 .432 .643 .8 1.0 .3 .0 6.1
Quinn Weidemann 29 29 34.3 .406 .412 .879 2.9 2.6 .8 .2 10.7

Schedule[]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 5*
6:30 pm 		UC Colorado Springs W 66–39  0–0
 Arena-Auditorium (2,477)
Laramie, WY
Non–Conference
November 9*
11:00 am 		CSU Pueblo W 67–53  1–0
 Arena-Auditorium (4,402)
Laramie, WY
November 13*
2:00 pm 		L 48–57  1–1
 Arena-Auditorium (2,521)
Laramie, WY
November 18*
5:00 pm 		at  L 44–53  1–2
 Municipal Auditorium (439)
Kansas City, MO
November 22*
6:30 pm 		Chadron State W 71–48  2–2
 Arena-Auditorium (1,843)
Laramie, WY
November 26*
1:00 pm 		vs. 
L 67–73  2–3
  (84)
Denver, CO
November 27*
3:30 pm 		at 
W 81–51  3–3
  (379)
Denver, CO
December 3*
7:00 pm 		at Gonzaga L 47–54  3–4
 McCarthey Athletic Center (3,171)
Spokane, WA
December 12*
1:00 pm 		North Dakota State W 71–45  4–4
 Arena-Auditorium (2,085)
Laramie, WY
December 22*
11:00 am 		at  L 61–72  4–5
 Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,566)
Lincoln, NE
Mountain West Conference
December 28
2:00 pm 		at  W 62–54  5–5
(1–0) 		Viejas Arena (360)
San Diego, CA
December 31
3:00 pm 		at  L 60–66  5–6
(1–1) 		Cox Pavilion (408)
Paradise, NV
January 9
1:00 pm 		Cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
January 13
6:30 pm 		L 76–85  5–7
(1–2) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,551)
Laramie, WY
January 15
2:00 pm 		W 57–54  6–7
(2–2) 		Arena-Auditorium (1,981)
Laramie, WY
January 19
6:30 pm 		at  L 59–70  6–8
(2–3) 		ExtraMile Arena (542)
Boise, ID
January 22
2:00 pm 		at  L 66–76  6–9
(2–4) 		Smith Spectrum (432)
Logan, UT
January 26
6:30 p.m.
Rescheduled from January 3 		W 61–47  7–9
(3–4) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,009)
Laramie, WY
January 29
2:00 p.m. 		W 62–53  8–9
(4–4) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,195)
Laramie, WY
February 2
6:30 p.m. 		at  L 45–47  8–10
(4–5) 		Clune Arena (204)
Colorado Springs, CO
February 5
2:00 p.m. 		at  W 60–59  9–10
(5–5) 		The Pit (5,075)
Albuquerque, NM
February 9
6:30 p.m. 		W 75–54  10–10
(6–5) 		Arena-Auditorium (1,520)
Laramie, WY
February 12
3:00 p.m. 		at  W 61–58  11–10
(7–5) 		Save Mart Center (1,027)
Fresno, CA
February 14
7:00 p.m. 		at 
Rescheduled from January 6 		W 84–64  12–10
(8–5) 		Provident Credit Union Event Center (255)
San Jose, CA
February 17
6:00 p.m. 		at 
Border War 		L 45–56  12–11
(8–6) 		Moby Arena (1,433)
Fort Collins, CO
February 24
6:30 p.m. 		W 77–73  13–11
(9–6) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,416)
Laramie, WY
February 26
2:00 p.m. 		W 70–46  14–11
(10–6) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,919)
Laramie, WY
March 2
6:30 p.m.
Border War 		W 69–63 OT 15–11
(11–6) 		Arena-Auditorium (2,375)
Laramie, WY
Mountain West Women's Tournament
March 7
9:30 p.m. 		(3) vs. (6) Colorado State
Quarterfinals 		L 38–51  15–12
 Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
WNIT
March 17
6:30 p.m.
First Round 		W 76–73 OT 16–12
 Arena-Auditorium (1,647)
Laramie, WY
March 20
2:30 p.m.
Second Round 		W 97–90 3OT 17–12
 Arena-Auditorium (2,412)
Laramie, WY
March 24
6:30 p.m. 		UCLA
Third Round 		Arena-Auditorium 
Laramie, WY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time. All dates, times, and TV are tentative and subject to change.

References[]

  1. ^ "Cowgirls open Mountain West Tournament with rout of Utah State". Casper Star-Tribune. 7 March 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Cowgirls shoot past UNLV, advance to Mountain West tournament semifinals". Casper Star-Tribune. 8 March 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  3. ^ "More suffocating defense has Cowgirls playing for the Mountain West tournament title". Casper Star-Tribune. 9 March 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  4. ^ Potter, Davis (11 March 2021). "For Wyoming's own Gerald Mattinson, delivering a historic title is 'extra special'". Casper Star-Tribune. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  5. ^ Potter, Davis (22 March 2021). "Cowgirls' historic season ends with first-round loss to UCLA". Casper Star-Tribune. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  6. ^ Thorburn, Ryan (13 October 2021). "Wyoming Cowgirls basketball picked to finish fifth in Mountain West Conference". Casper Star-Tribune. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
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